Cardiff-based band Gulp, made up of Guto Pryce (Super Furry Animals) & Lindsey Leven are back and sharing new single ‘Morning Velvet Sky’. Mixed by Luke Abbott, the track is taken from their new album, which is coming out in early 2018 with more details to be announced soon. In the words of the band “‘Morning Velvet Sky’ is a […]

– CAMP AND FURNACE, LIVERPOOL – Headliners Super Furry Animals and The Horrors merely scratch the surface of the psychedelic universe; there’s a wide range of sub-genre’s that cross-breed and intermingle, spawning a hugely diverse array of artists and musicians that unite under a common crusade, for escapism. From minimal electro, shoegaze, kitsch pop and […]

– CAMP AND FURNACE, LIVERPOOL – It’s 3pm on a schoolday and the walls are cracking, the ground is fracturing, and my brain is thudding against my skull – it must be the fifth edition of the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia. Over 100 bands are assembling over two days across four stages in the […]

THE ULTIMATE MIDDLECLASS FUCKFEST Arriving on a gloomy Friday morning in the land of dragons, sheep and people who hiss, Festival No. 6 instantly comes across as the sort of festival I shouldn’t be at. The quirky signs welcome you in as the weight of 20 cans teases a crippling crush on my struggling wrists, […]

Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia have unveiled their final additions to this year’s festival bill, with a swathe of names joining iconic Welsh psych trailblazers SUPER FURRY ANIMALS and London’s kaleidoscopic dreamweavers THE HORRORS on 23 + 24 September. PURE PHASE ENSEMBLE featuring MARK GARDENER (Ride) will make their debut UK performance at this year’s […]

LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL of PSYCHEDELIA returns over 23rd + 24th September 2016 to the warehouses and recesses of Camp and Furnace, Blade Factory and District, in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. The festival are thrilled to announce iconic Welsh psychedelic trailblazers SUPER FURRY ANIMALS and London’s kaleidoscopic dream-weavers THE HORRORS as headliners for this year’s interstellar soiree. […]

ALBUMS Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly It’s topping polls left, right and centre and for good reason. An enormous, sprawling hip hop opus that captures the grim reality of black America, wealth and fame. It’s far from the easiest listen, but the rewards are there for the giving TPAB the attention it thoroughly […]

Super Furry Animals, Charlotte Church and now Public Service Broadcasting to join thousands of others in protest to disrupt the Tory Party Conference. As part of a jammed packed week of protests, public meetings, direct action, theatre, music and comedy at Manchester Academy on October 5th 8pm. Some of the artists and organisers had this […]

Gruff Rhys will play Manchester as part of full band UK tour next year. The Super Furry Animals frontman will play songs from his recent solo album American Interior at Academy 2, on Friday, February 13. Contributors to the live show will include past live collaborators Y Niwl and drummer Kliph Scurlock, formerly of the […]